reefrat
Contributor
After years of tinkering with various regs that I bought s/hand or on-line I had a feeling that just for once I wanted to try going mainstream for my new primary regulator.
What I mean is that I wanted to do what most people do, buy a nice reg from an authorized LDS dealer so I didn't have to think about about setting it up, just buy it - trust the "authorized" dealership technician to set it up correctly and leap forth without a care into the briny!
Being all cashed up with Xmas bonuses and funds from sold contraband my first action was to make a few calls to the local Aqualung dealers to get prices on the Titan LX and Legend.
As is typical of Houston I did not expect anyone to cut me a deal, however the dealer I wanted to use quoted me 10% over retail, add state tax and your paying nearly 20% over retail- that sort of thing annoys me!
The second dealer, one I had never used before quoted exact retail- OK that will have to do!
These guys (name withheld) have a nice new big shop with all the right shiny stuff on display and I had a nice warm fuzzy feeling as I approached the happy smiling people at the counter.
Then the BS started.
The guy helping me identified himself as an instructor and proceeded to explain the virtues of the Titan LX. The first and second stages were all separate so I asked about how they set them up- he explained about how they check the "lock up" to make sure it is 150 PSI... "Really" I asked, "isn't that a bit high"? "No, no" he stammers shuffling his feet and explains that the Titan is set higher than the Legends and that's the way it's meant to be!
He made a few other inept and incorrect statements and I was relieved when he went to "help" someone else leaving me to talk to an older guy who I assumed to be more experienced.
At first what the new guy said made sense- but stuff like "I recommend that you cut off the dust cap and only use the ACD" had me wondering.
I applied my selective hearing techniques learned through years of listening to corporate d...heads and settled on a shiny new Legend LX ACD. Once again I ask "do you guys check everything and make sure it's working within spec"? "Absolutely" came the response after which he took the reg into the back workshop and all the appropriate sounds of pressurizing and purging emerged for a few minutes.
Some hours later I am at home playing with my new toy and I slapped it on a tank to see how it went. A few quick sucks and blows...hmmmm, not bad - not not as good as expected!
I checked the usual culprits and sure enough the IP was 125 PSI instead of 135; then using a jug of water and a ruler I estimated the cracking pressure is closer to 1.5" than 1".
Maybe this was a "Supreme" model that someone pulled the mouthpiece off- who knows! But the bottom line is that I am not getting the experience I paid a lot of money for and now have to go back and confront these idiots to make it right.
So much for all the "buy from an authorized dealer only hype", I could have saved $200 by ordering from Leisurepro!
What I mean is that I wanted to do what most people do, buy a nice reg from an authorized LDS dealer so I didn't have to think about about setting it up, just buy it - trust the "authorized" dealership technician to set it up correctly and leap forth without a care into the briny!
Being all cashed up with Xmas bonuses and funds from sold contraband my first action was to make a few calls to the local Aqualung dealers to get prices on the Titan LX and Legend.
As is typical of Houston I did not expect anyone to cut me a deal, however the dealer I wanted to use quoted me 10% over retail, add state tax and your paying nearly 20% over retail- that sort of thing annoys me!
The second dealer, one I had never used before quoted exact retail- OK that will have to do!
These guys (name withheld) have a nice new big shop with all the right shiny stuff on display and I had a nice warm fuzzy feeling as I approached the happy smiling people at the counter.
Then the BS started.
The guy helping me identified himself as an instructor and proceeded to explain the virtues of the Titan LX. The first and second stages were all separate so I asked about how they set them up- he explained about how they check the "lock up" to make sure it is 150 PSI... "Really" I asked, "isn't that a bit high"? "No, no" he stammers shuffling his feet and explains that the Titan is set higher than the Legends and that's the way it's meant to be!
He made a few other inept and incorrect statements and I was relieved when he went to "help" someone else leaving me to talk to an older guy who I assumed to be more experienced.
At first what the new guy said made sense- but stuff like "I recommend that you cut off the dust cap and only use the ACD" had me wondering.
I applied my selective hearing techniques learned through years of listening to corporate d...heads and settled on a shiny new Legend LX ACD. Once again I ask "do you guys check everything and make sure it's working within spec"? "Absolutely" came the response after which he took the reg into the back workshop and all the appropriate sounds of pressurizing and purging emerged for a few minutes.
Some hours later I am at home playing with my new toy and I slapped it on a tank to see how it went. A few quick sucks and blows...hmmmm, not bad - not not as good as expected!
I checked the usual culprits and sure enough the IP was 125 PSI instead of 135; then using a jug of water and a ruler I estimated the cracking pressure is closer to 1.5" than 1".
Maybe this was a "Supreme" model that someone pulled the mouthpiece off- who knows! But the bottom line is that I am not getting the experience I paid a lot of money for and now have to go back and confront these idiots to make it right.
So much for all the "buy from an authorized dealer only hype", I could have saved $200 by ordering from Leisurepro!
